Flat 5, 8, Rapier Street, Ipswich IP2 8JS

Mid-Terrace flat · Built 2003-2006 · 54 m² · Rented (Private) · Electric ceiling heating

Upgrade Plan

CB for £1,300 · £1,300 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£1,800 – £800£2126.1 yrs+6.5 pts · reaches B
Shower heat recovery(optional, beyond B)£725£1840.9 yrs+0.5 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£704
per year at grade C
£474
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £212 a year — a 16.3% annual return on £1,300.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £450 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

5 February 2016£94,500
27 May 2005£170,500

Estimated today: £112,668 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Rapier Street: 92 sales since 1995 · £89,481 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Hillside Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Halifax Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Cliff Lane Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Stoke High School - Ormiston AcademySecondary0.3 miProgress 8 -0.41 · below average (2023/24)
Chantry AcademySecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.51 · well below average (2023/24)
Ipswich AcademySecondary1.6 miProgress 8 -0.54 · well below average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

34.2
crimes a month
376
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01033122, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Rapier Street

How this home sits against its street.

48
graded homes
76.3
average score
C
most common grade
+2.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.